Le Jeu de l'Amour et du hazard - translated into Arabic
Cairo: 1960s. Paperback. Wraps, very good, light wear, tanning and soil. In Arabic. Part of a series of masterpieces of world theatre.
A selection of mainly 20th century books in Arabic: literature, philosophy, culture, politics, history, etc.
Cairo: 1960s. Paperback. Wraps, very good, light wear, tanning and soil. In Arabic. Part of a series of masterpieces of world theatre.
Cairo: 1960s. Paperback. Wraps, very good, light wear, tanning and soil. In Arabic. Part of a series of masterpieces of world theatre.
Beirut: Dar Bayrut, 1956. First printing. Hardcover. Large 8vo, decorated batik-like cloth with paper spine label, very good. Inscription on flyleaf, possibly authorial. 511 pp. Text clean and unmarked. In Arabic.
Damascus: Ministry of Culture, 1976. First printing. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, very good, light wear. 152 pp. Text in Arabic.
United Arab Republic: 1961. Paperback. Wraps, very good. Text in Arabic.
Beirut: Maktabat al-Ma'arif, 1962. Paperback. Translated into Arabic by Jamil Said and Ahmad Zarwi. 8vo, wraps, good to very good, light wear, staining, tanning. Text nice and clean. 459 pp.
Dimashq / Damascus: Dar Dimashq, 1964. First printing. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, very good, light wear and soil to covers. 276 pp. In Arabic.
Cairo: Dar al-Ma'arif, 1954. First printing. Paperback. Large 8vo, wraps, very good, light wear and tanning. 14, 291 pp. Text in Arabic. OCLC-Worldcat locate only a few in institutions, although it was reprinted at least once in 1970. The author died in 1938.
Baghdad: Directorate of Guidance and Public Broadcasting, (1956). Paperback. Stapled wraps, very good, light wear and soil. 32 pp. In Arabic. A discussion of the major differences the prime minister had with other Arab leaders and his disgust at developing Soviet interference in Iraqi affairs.
Cairo: J mi at al-Duwal al- Arab yah, Ma had al-Dir s t al- Arab yah al- liyah, 1957. First printing. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, very good, general light wear and tanning. 171 pp. Text in Arabic. The author was an influential professor of Arabic Literature at Cairo University.
Damascus: Ministry of Culture, 1965. First printing. Paperback. In Arabic. Large 8vo, wraps, very good, light general soil, dustiness, tanning.
Cairo: Lajnat Nashr al-Mu allaf t al-Taym r yah, 1957. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, 80 pp, illustrated, very good, light wear and soil. Text in Arabic. Author was an Egyptian historian who became interested in the bawdy shadow play traditions of the Ottoman empire.
Cairo: 1960s. Paperback. Wraps, very good, light wear and tanning. Text in Arabic.
Beirut: Dark Majalat Shair, 1962. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, very good, light wear to covers, pages tanning. Anthology of Poe's stories translated into Arabic. We could locate no holdings with OCLC/Worldcat. Has to be one of the rarer Poe books in translation!
Damascus: al-Fannal-Hadith al-Alami, 1962. First printing. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, good with some wear, soil, tanning, light abrasions. 92 pp, illustrated. Uncommon. In Arabic.
Cairo: Matba'at al-Istiqamah, (1963). Hardcover. 2 volumes in one, 8vo, leather backed cloth boards, very good, light wear, pages tanning. 27, 575 pp. A slightly controversial Iraqi poet (1875-1945), Maruf Rusafi was known for his anti-imperialist works and for his advocacy on behalf of women. Text in Arabic.
Beirut: Dar Al-Tawda, 1970. Second edition. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, very good, light wear and soil. Reprints some articles from the English translated into Arabic: Broekett on the theatre, Lawson on technique in playwriting, Kutch on modernism in drama, translations of Aristotle and Horace, Magarshack on Chekhov, Esslin on the absurdists.....
Cairo: 1953. Paperback. Wraps, very good, general tanning, light wear. 111 pp. Text in Arabic. Very uncommon; not in OCLC.
Cairo: Dar Al Maraaef, 1961. Paperback. 9.5 x 6.75 inches, wraps, very good, light wear and soil, some of the pages uncut and unopened. 232 pp. Text in Arabic.
Dimashq / Damascus: Wiz rat al-Thaq fah wa-al-Irsh d al-Qawm, 1975. First printing. Paperback. Large 8vo, wraps, very good, light wear and soil to covers. 531 pp. Text in Arabic.
Cairo: 1954. First printing. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, very good, pages very tanned. 99 pp. Text in Arabic.
Cairo: Maktabat al-Nahd ah al-Mis r yah, 1959. First printing. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, very good, tanning and light wear and soil. 309 pp, text in Arabic. The author was a prolific writer on legal and political subjects. RARE; OCLC locates a single copy: Harvard.
Cairo: al-Hayah al-Ammah li-Quesur al-Thaqafah, 1992. First printing. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, inscribed by author with short note also laid in. Rare in commerce and in institutions (2 copies found). Seems to be part of a series from this publisher of "literary mothers."
Beirut: Dar al-'ilm li-l-Malayin, 1950. First printing. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, good to very good with light toning and tanning to both covers and text. 167 pp. In Arabic. The author was a Syrian writer and translator. She is best known for her literary criticism and biography on the women's rights.....
Cairo: Dar al-Ma'arif, 1957. Paperback. Wraps, very good, light wear. Text in Arabic. 423 pp.